Deciding Whether to Use a Local or Remote Client
Because the local component interface is new to the EJB 2.0 Specification, we can’t really say that there’s years of practical experience that you can leverage when determining whether an enterprise bean should be exposed to a local client view or a remote. It really depends on many different factors, all of which are specific to your particular application.
However, there are some truths about each type of component interface that might help provide some guidelines when trying to decide. The following sections describe some of the more important characteristics about each type of component interface.
The Local Model Normally Will Provide Better Performance
Remote method calls typically are very ...
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